A seasoned project manager is leading a software project commissioned to update an existing tool used by the business to manage their inventory and stockrooms. The business is anxious to get parts of the new system and its new user interface $($UI$)$ in the hands of their inventory staff at facilities worldwide. They are frustrated that after a couple of months there is no sign of progress. Your development team is worried because they don't think the business understands the behind the scenes backend work required. Additionally, the development team is delayed because the design team is taking a long time researching and making their prototypes and images perfect.

a$.$ What benefit, if any, is there for the project manager to get all the various stakeholder groups$$the business, the inventory staff, the developers, and the design team$$to understand the project's vision and mission?

b$.$ What can a project manager do to bridge the gap between business and development? $($Choose three.$)$a$.$ Communicate to the business the work and effort needed from the development team and their progress. $$b$.$ Communicate to the development team the needs and desires of the business. $$c$.$ Require the business to analyze the gap using company approved software. $$d$.$ Arrange collaborative sessions for the business team and development team to work on ideas and issues.

c$.$ Which best represents the servant leadership style of the project manager? Choose the best answer.$$a$.$ She helps make the coffee for the business team. $$b$.$ She asks difficult questions to get the development team thinking. $$c$.$ She serves up new possibilities that could be used by the design team. $$d$.$ She takes care of the administrative reporting when the team is focused and on a roll.

d$.$ In their extensive research, the design team discovers that inventory staff enter a lot of information that is never used by any of their activities or by any other team. When the inventory staff is asked why that information is captured, the response was, $"$We just always have. No one knows why." How is challenging of the status quo going to support the project's aim of delivering value?